U.S. House race · November 3, 2026
U.S. Representative, Arizona District 6
Represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, which writes federal laws, approves the federal budget and taxes, and oversees the executive branch.
2-year term. The district covers much of southeastern Arizona, including Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties and parts of Pima County (northern and eastern Tucson and suburbs such as Oro Valley, Marana and Sahuarita) and Pinal County; Arizona is using the same congressional map in 2026 that it used in 2022 and 2024. Republican Juan Ciscomani, Democrat JoAnna Mendoza and Libertarian Jereme Peters were each unopposed in their July 21, 2026 primaries, and Green Party candidate Gary Swing won his party's primary as a write-in with 29 votes and is listed on the general-election ballot. Michael Dorland (independent) is a certified write-in candidate and does not appear on the printed ballot.
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by last name.
Juan Ciscomani
U.S. Representative, Arizona District 6 (since 2023)Juan Ciscomani is a two-term Republican congressman and former senior adviser to Gov. Doug Ducey who immigrated from Mexico as a child and grew up in Tucson. He is seeking a third term, campaigning on his record of bipartisan work, federal funding for district projects, tax cuts and border security.
JoAnna Mendoza
Retired U.S. Marine; former congressional stafferJoAnna Mendoza is a retired Marine who served about 20 years in the Navy and Marine Corps, grew up in a farmworker family in Pinal County, and later worked as a congressional staffer and nonprofit leader. Her campaign focuses on lowering costs, health care, border security and restoring trust in government.
Jereme Peters
Libertarian nominee for CongressJereme Peters is the Libertarian Party nominee for Arizona's 6th District; he was unopposed in the July 21, 2026 Libertarian primary. No campaign website or public statement of his positions could be found.
Gary Swing
Green Party nominee for Congress; former events promoter and U.S. postal carrierGary Swing is a longtime alternative-party candidate who has run for office in Colorado and Arizona since 1996 and won the 2026 Green Party primary for this seat as a write-in. His campaign centers on ending U.S. military intervention abroad, changing how Congress is elected, and environmental and health care proposals.
Compare on the issues
Summaries of each candidate's stated positions. See each profile for sources and details.
| Issue | Juan Ciscomani Republican | JoAnna Mendoza Democratic | Jereme Peters Libertarian | Gary Swing Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care | Says the 2025 reconciliation law protects Medicaid by targeting waste and fraud, and says he supports expanding rural health care access and medical research funding. | Says she would work to reverse cuts to AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid program, and to the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, and supports expanding Medicare drug price negotiation. | No public position found yet | Supports Medicare for all, a universal basic income, and forgiving student loan debt. |
| Immigration | Says he supports putting more agents at the border. | Supports tighter security at ports of entry, deporting violent criminals, and legal pathways to citizenship for immigrants who work and follow the law; supports more oversight of detention facilities. | No public position found yet | Supports abolishing ICE and "freedom of migration," and opposes a border wall. |
| Energy & Environment | No public position found yet | Says she would work to secure Arizona's share of Colorado River water, protect groundwater and local solar projects, and require data centers to bring their own energy. | No public position found yet | Supports pollution taxes, a transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear energy to renewable sources, and protecting public lands. |
| Foreign Policy | Initially backed the 2026 U.S. strikes on Iran, later said he opposes sending ground troops, and said in March 2026 that he would vote against a bill to limit the president's war powers there. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | Says Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, supports war crimes tribunals and reparations for Gaza, and calls for ending permanent membership and veto power on the U.N. Security Council. |
| Abortion | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | Supports federal legislation to secure abortion rights and public funding for family planning programs. |
| Economy & Jobs | No public position found yet | Opposes tariffs she says raise costs for families and supports modernizing the Child Tax Credit. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |
| Social Security & Medicare | No public position found yet | Opposes cuts to Social Security benefits and Medicare privatization, and supports exploring higher Social Security benefits and adding vision, hearing and dental coverage to Medicare. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |
| Taxes | Supports eliminating federal taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |
| Veterans | Says he has worked to expand veterans' education benefits and homeownership opportunities and secured a new mission for Fort Huachuca. | No public position found yet | No public position found yet | No public position found yet |